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GATIGNO Origin of surname

GATIGNO, GATINYO, GATEGNO, GATTEGNO, GATENIO, GATENO

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.

The Spanish Jewish surname Gatigno is linked to Gatine, an area in western France. The name can also be associated with Gatanio, the Portuguese for "fallow land". This Jewish family name may therefore have been originally a personal nickname. Other related family names are: Gatigno, Gatinho, Gatenyo, Gateyn and Ghatheyn. The Jewish surname Gatigno is documented in 14th century Spain and Portugal, and then in Italy and the eastern Mediterranean. David Gattegno of Rome is documented in the Calabrian town of Cosenza in September 1534.

Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Gatigno include the 14th century Spanish commentator Esra Ben Solomon Ben Gatigno and the 19th century chief rabbi of Salonika, Greece, Abraham Gatigno. Maurice Gattegno was a successful merchant in Cairo, Egypt, in the first half of the 20th century.

Agramunt

A town belonging to the former county of Urgel, northeast Spain.

Jews living in Agramunt in the 13th century were liable to the same fiscal duties as the Christian townspeople, but were also obliged to pay taxes to the Count of Urgel and the King of Aragon. In 1272 Solomon b. Abraham Adret was appointed arbitrator of a disagreement between the Agramunt and Lerida communities.

The Infante Alfonso received permission to settle 40 Jewish families in Agramunt in 1316. Agramunt was a cultural center. Ezra b. Solomon b. Gati"no (see Gatigno) completed his glosses on Abraham Ibn Ezra's biblical commentary there in 1372. In the early 15th century Solomon Bonafed corresponded with friends in Agra-Munt. Shealtiel Isaac Bonafos practiced as a physician there toward the end of the 1420s. A tombstone with a Hebrew inscription, probably of the 13th century, is preserved in Agramunt.

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GATIGNO Origin of surname
GATIGNO, GATINYO, GATEGNO, GATTEGNO, GATENIO, GATENO

Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.

The Spanish Jewish surname Gatigno is linked to Gatine, an area in western France. The name can also be associated with Gatanio, the Portuguese for "fallow land". This Jewish family name may therefore have been originally a personal nickname. Other related family names are: Gatigno, Gatinho, Gatenyo, Gateyn and Ghatheyn. The Jewish surname Gatigno is documented in 14th century Spain and Portugal, and then in Italy and the eastern Mediterranean. David Gattegno of Rome is documented in the Calabrian town of Cosenza in September 1534.

Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Gatigno include the 14th century Spanish commentator Esra Ben Solomon Ben Gatigno and the 19th century chief rabbi of Salonika, Greece, Abraham Gatigno. Maurice Gattegno was a successful merchant in Cairo, Egypt, in the first half of the 20th century.
Written by researchers of ANU Museum of the Jewish People

Agramunt

Agramunt

A town belonging to the former county of Urgel, northeast Spain.

Jews living in Agramunt in the 13th century were liable to the same fiscal duties as the Christian townspeople, but were also obliged to pay taxes to the Count of Urgel and the King of Aragon. In 1272 Solomon b. Abraham Adret was appointed arbitrator of a disagreement between the Agramunt and Lerida communities.

The Infante Alfonso received permission to settle 40 Jewish families in Agramunt in 1316. Agramunt was a cultural center. Ezra b. Solomon b. Gati"no (see Gatigno) completed his glosses on Abraham Ibn Ezra's biblical commentary there in 1372. In the early 15th century Solomon Bonafed corresponded with friends in Agra-Munt. Shealtiel Isaac Bonafos practiced as a physician there toward the end of the 1420s. A tombstone with a Hebrew inscription, probably of the 13th century, is preserved in Agramunt.